infrastructure

DOD Could Fund Off-Base Infrastructure Projects under Proposed Authority 0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 26, 2018
Defense communities could pick up critical financial assistance for infrastructure projects which support neighboring installations under a new authority the House Armed Services’ Readiness Subcommittee included in its mark of the fiscal 2019 defense authorization bill. The draft legislation would establish the Defense Community Infrastructure Program and would allow DOD to award grants to states and
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FY’18 Omnibus Offers Relief for Facilities Sustainment 0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 5, 2018
The services are receiving a 58 percent jump in funding to maintain and repair their infrastructure under the fiscal 2018 omnibus spending bill signed into law last month, but significant progress in addressing DOD’s backlog in outstanding facility needs still is decades away. Relative increases in facility sustainment, restoration and modernization funding vary widely by
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In Other News: Bill Restricting Wind Farm Subsidies Advances in N.Y. Assembly; Army Knew about Problems with Ft. Jackson Dam since 1979 0
- Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- March 27, 2018
A measure prohibiting the state of New York from granting subsidies to wind energy projects that could interfere with the air traffic control radar and Doppler weather radar used by Fort Drum is headed to the Assembly floor after the chamber’s energy committee approved it last week. Assemblywoman Addie Jenne (D), the sponsor of A09053A,
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Appropriators Zero in on Navy, Marine Corps Infrastructure 0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- March 26, 2018
The Navy secretary should prioritize public shipyard infrastructure and fire stations at Marine Corps installations in future budgets, according to the joint explanatory statement accompanying the military construction and veterans affairs spending title in the fiscal 2018 omnibus spending bill. President Trump signed the $1.3 trillion omnibus Friday, despite a veto threat delivered by tweet
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In Other News: Virginia Post Needs to Upgrade Main Gate; Former W.Va. Navy Site Slated to Become Treatment Facility 0
- Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- March 12, 2018
A member of the Virginia House of Delegates has submitted an amendment to the state budget allocating $700,000 for the purchase of 30 acres of land in Newport News to provide space for Fort Eustis to build a new entry control point. The post’s main gate currently does not meet the Army’s anti-terrorism and force
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Marine Corps Looks to Transform Installations 0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- March 7, 2018
The Marine Corps is taking the first steps toward creating the installation of the future by adopting smart city and advanced transportation technologies, according to written testimony released before a House Armed Services’ Readiness Subcommittee hearing Tuesday. “Tomorrow’s Marine Corps installations will look much different than those in existence today,” said Lt. Gen. Michael Dana,
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